My little girl is 6 months old and I'm having trouble getting her on a good sleep schedule - any suggestions? I'd like to find something that works with her natural sleep "patterns" but also is predictable enough that I can plan my day around it.
So far these are her sleep "patterns" that I've observed: She will sleep for an average of 12 total hrs during a 24 hr period. Her night sleep will be 9-11 hours (with one waking for a quick bottle) and her day naps will be 1-3 hours. When she takes short naps during the day (2 naps of 30-45 min each) she will sleep longer at night (10-11 hours). If she takes longer naps during the day (2 naps of 1-1.5 hr each) she will sleep shorter at night (9-10 hrs). She will only take 2 naps per day (one morning, one afternoon) - if I try for a 3rd nap she will fight it unless we're in the car.
How should I arrange our daily schedule? Should I use set clock times for naps/bedtime? Or should I go by how many hours of awake time between sleeps?
2007-09-04 06:59:19 · 4 answers · asked by devoted2denny 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
You and your daughter will benefit the most from a set pattern. So She wakes up 8 am. Put her down for a morning nap at about 10:30 Have lunch... Second afternoon nap about 2:30.. Then down for the night at 9Pm...
Starting set patterns is really important and set you as the care giver with the mostest...
2007-09-04 07:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nicely, at the beginning, i think the inconsistency is possibly the main problem. infants choose and thrive on a relentless habitual. you are the mum of this efficient female offspring, and that i advise which you take a seat and write a time table that could artwork to your infant and tell your mom in regulation that it particularly is going to be on the refrigerator (or someplace) and that she is to stay with the time table if she needs to observe your baby. I actually have a 10 month previous, and he sleeps all night for 12 hours and then has a morning nap and an afternoon nap. i do no longer supply him pacifiers or lay him down with a bottle and that i purely lay him down contained in the crib and he's conscious it's time to sleep and places himself to sleep. He performs o.k. for the time of the day, and extremely infrequently does he fuss or cry because of the fact he's had adequate sleep. purely try a habitual and notice the way it is going, you are the mum, and your mom in regulation ought to understand that. additionally, infants at that age choose a reliable 14 hours of sleep consistent with day. desire this enables and robust success!
2016-10-03 23:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by cris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go by your baby's cues not by a clock. If you go by the clock you are setting yourself up for diaster. For a more predicatable bedtime start setting up a routine when you start noticing sleepy signals-rubbing eyes, yawning. In our house we love bath, books, breast(or bottle if you are not breastfeeding), and bed. It has worked wonders for us and we never had to leave her to cry.
I would invest in the book "No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantly or "Night Time Parenting" or "The Baby Sleep Book" by Dr Sears. All are great about explaining how babies sleep and gentle ways to get them to sleep. They have been life saver for a group of about 16 of us and they keep getting passed around.
2007-09-04 07:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by Lanie7/21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live by Dr. Mark Weissbluth's "health sleep habits, happy child."
http://books.google.com/books?id=WEgoAAAACAAJ&dq=&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dweissbluth%26safe%3Dactive&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2
2007-09-04 07:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by mjm_hms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋